How to Safely Clean Your Jewelry During a Health Pandemic

The name garnet has its origins in its famous color. It originates from the 14th century Middle English word gernet, meaning “dark red,” which came from the medieval Latin granatus, meaning “pomegranate.”

Born in December? Here’s Why Turquoise, Tanzanite and Zircon are Your Birthstones

The benefits of buying from a jeweler directly instead of looking at photos on a website will always outweigh the conveniences offered by the online marketplace. There are so many websites claiming the opposite — including those offering gems for prices that seem almost too good to be true. Unfortunately, purchasing a diamond or valuable gemstone based on a photo representation is seldom in your best interest.

Born in November? Here’s Why Topaz and Citrine are Your Birthstones

Born in October? Here’s why opal and tourmaline are your birthstones.

If You Were Born in September, Here’s Why Sapphire is Your Birthstone

If You were Born in August, here’s Why Peridot, Sardonyx, and Spinel are Your Birthstones.

The investment you make in a quality piece of jewelry doesn’t stop after the initial outlay of cash — it includes making a promise to care for that item and giving it the attention that it deserves over the piece’s many years of ownership. But don’t fret. As arduous as that task may sound, taking care of jewelry isn’t as difficult as you might think.

It’s June, and Here’s Why Alexandrite, Moonstone, and Pearl are Your Birthstones

Opening the Custom Jewelers’ Tool Chest: The Orion Jewelry Laser Welder

Your hope is that your engagement ring is a piece of jewelry that you’ll be wearing for the rest of your life. So, it only makes sense that it fits your personality and sense of style and makes you happy every day when you see it glittering on your finger. After all, your engagement ring should be something that you happily show off to everyone you meet.

Enchanting to royalty, both ancient and of the Hollywood variety, the spellbinding emerald is your birthstone if you are born in May.

We are fortunate to have Craig A. Lynch, G.G., with us to discuss the jewelry accessories he appraised from the Titanic, recovered from the bottom of the ocean nearly more than eight decades after an iceberg struck the luxury liner back in April of 1912.

An outfit isn’t complete without accessories — more specifically, jewelry accessories. Nothing catches the eye more than a complementary necklace or sparkling earrings. Since the beginning of civilization, jewelry accessories have been popular for both men and women — the trend didn’t become more commonly thought of as feminine until the 18th century.

While the FTC has determined that laboratory-grown diamonds are real diamonds, the agency requires that businesses must be crystal clear in their advertising that their product is man-made.

All of our jewelry is created onsite by one person — our owner, Boris Shmukler — and our designs are based on what you tell him you want. There’s no middleman! Unlike other jewelers, everything we design, we also create ourselves. And our designs are based entirely on your personal vision for the finished piece.

If you’re in the market for a diamond — often the case at this time of year what with love and engagements are in the air — you’ve likely come across laboratory- grown diamonds and may still have questions about, well, everything having to do with lab-grown diamonds (aka, synthetic diamonds).

We all wear it but how much do we know about the history of jewelry? Today’s post introduces the first in a five-part series on the history of jewelry, offering insights gained from thousands of years of advancement in jewelry making. These historic innovations range from simple beads in prehistoric times to the development of synthetic gems that can fool the layman — but not the professional jeweler.

If you’re interested in purchasing a Rolex and don’t want to wait more than a lifetime to acquire the watch, you have options. Whether by working with an experienced jewelry professional who has access to off-market inventory, or going it alone on the secondary market, there’s no shortage of avenues you can take outside of the Official Rolex Retailer route.